Rn First Assistant Jobs in Calgary, AB (NOW HIRING)

Step into a role that offers flexibility, purpose, and growth. With 1-2 week coverage assignments available for ongoing full-time work, you'll enjoy the chance to earn overtime and receive a travel allowance while exploring new communities.

Community health nursing in remote Indigenous communities isn't just a job-it's an opportunity to make a real difference, expand your clinical skills, and sharpen your critical thinking in a dynamic, stimulating environment.

We'll support you every step of the way, from guiding you through the labour mobility process to secure your Alberta license, to providing expanded role nursing training and ongoing professional development. This is your chance to grow professionally while creating meaningful impact where it matters most. 

• Comfortable Living: Enjoy fully furnished onsite accommodation for a hassle-free stay.
• Convenient Transportation: Onsite transportation provided to make getting around easy.
• Daily Meal Allowance: Receive a daily fare for subsistence to cover your meals.
• Flexible Scheduling: Experience varied daily schedules across nursing stations, with 10-hour shifts, overtime opportunities, and on-call options.
• Travel Coverage: Charter flights available for smooth access to remote communities.
• Earn More Through Referrals: Bring great people on board and get rewarded.

As a Registered Nurse serving remote First Nations communities in Alberta, you will play a vital role in delivering holistic, culturally competent care within an expanded scope of practice. This position involves assessing patients of all ages with diverse health needs, using critical thinking and evidence-based guidelines to develop and implement care plans. You'll collaborate with physicians, nurse practitioners, and interdisciplinary teams to provide primary care services, including newborn deliveries, acute illness treatment, and chronic care follow-ups. Beyond clinical duties, you'll educate, counsel, and advocate for patients while ensuring their physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being. In this dynamic environment, you'll manage urgent situations, coordinate medical evacuations when necessary, and maintain accurate documentation-all while making a meaningful impact in underserved communities.

As a Registered Nurse, you'll make a lasting impact by delivering exceptional, culturally competent care to remote and isolated First Nations communities in Alberta. This role offers the chance to practice at the top of your scope, collaborate with a dedicated team, and provide meaningful care across all stages of life:

• Deliver holistic, culturally sensitive community care tailored to the unique needs of remote and/or isolated First Nations communities.
• Provide ethical, high-quality care to patients of all ages and acuity levels-from neonates and pediatrics to adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals, including registered nurses, charge nurses, physicians, and interdisciplinary team members, to ensure safe, effective care within your scope of practice.
• Offer specialized services, such as wound care, prenatal care clinics, vaccination support, and chronic care follow-ups, to promote long-term health and wellness.
• Maintain accurate documentation in accordance with established guidelines to uphold the highest standards of care.

Minimum Requirements (must haves):

• Current College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) RN license.
• Valid Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certificate (Heart and Stroke).
• Valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate (Heart and Stroke).
• Valid Pediatrics Advanced Life Support (PALS) certificate (Heart and Stroke).
• Valid International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) certificate.
• An active driver's license and a clean driving record.
• 2 years of full-time nursing in the last five years in the emergency room, intensive care unit, or as a community health nurse in a remote/rural area.
• Additional critical care nursing experience (cardiovascular intensive care unit, post-anesthesia unit) is an asset.
• Alignment with our values of expertise, passion, respect, and care.

Preference for:

• An elevated level of knowledge and the ability to interpret relevant medical and operational guidelines, protocols, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite.
• Collaboration with others to achieve the best results and deliver the most value.
• Holding others accountable and expecting others to do the same.